Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27973
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I quite enjoyed this one, especially the crown jewels (a bit cheeky for the Telegraph?).… Continue reading
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DT 27972
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27972
Hints and tips by Miffypops. A good egg.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Today’s puzzle is by Rufus.… Continue reading
Toughie 1508
Toughie No 1508 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
This took me double normal toughie time but in retrospect I should have seen a lot of it much earlier – others may get the personalities more quickly than I did, which already gives you the perimeter.… Continue reading
DT 27970
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27970
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
Good morning from South Staffs where a bit of sun is breaking through the dark November clouds.… Continue reading
DT 27965
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27965
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
This puzzle was published on Saturday, 21st November 2015
Took me a teeny bit longer than usual on a Saturday but any puzzle that includes the wonderful word in 14a is fine by me.
Toughie 1507
Toughie No 1507 by Shamus
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
This was very nearly a read-and-write puzzle for me so I can’t give it more than one star for difficulty.… Continue reading
DT 27969
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27969
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja where autumn has really set in. By that I mean it’s cold and sunny rather than hot and sunny, but very windy this morning.
We certainly have a RayT today as it has all his trademarks of short clues, single word answers, a bit of innuendo and Her Majesty is on parade too. Apart from a couple of slightly stretched synonyms this is Ray in fairly benign mood. Unusually for him there are six anagrams and the two long ones across the middle give plenty of checkers. I think even the RayTphobes among you should get on OK today.
ST 2822
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2822
A full review by gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ****
This puzzle was published on Sunday, 15th November 2015
Morning All!. A fine puzzle from Virgilius. There were some very good clues here and a great &Lit.
Toughie 1506
Toughie No 1506 by proXimal
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment **
I had a bit of a struggle with this one so no complaints from me that it’s not a real Toughie, but I thought that some of the surfaces (e.g.… Continue reading
DT 27968
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27968
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
The third largest island of New Zealand is Stewart Island. It is right at the very bottom of the South Island, very remote and sparsely populated. Neither of us had ever been there until now but that is where Carol and a small group of her friends are at present. Hence today’s Hints and Tips for Jay’s Wednesday puzzle are by only one, left at home, Kiwi.
Enjoy the solve, I did. The NW corner put up the biggest fight with the key being 1a which took it well into 3 star time for difficulty.
Fingers crossed that the website behaves itself long enough to get it all together and posted.